[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 42, Volume 3] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 42CFR431.40] [Page 24] TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued) PART 431--STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents Subpart B--General Administrative Requirements Sec. 431.40 Basis and scope. Source: 56 FR 8847, Mar. 1, 1991, unless otherwise noted. (a) This subpart sets forth State plan requirements and exceptions that pertain to the following administrative requirements and provisions of the Act: (1) Statewideness--section 1902(a)(1); (2) Proper and efficient administration--section 1902(a)(4); (3) Comparability of services--section 1902(a)(10) (B)-(E); (4) Payment for services furnished outside the State--section 1902(a)(16); (5) Free choice of providers--section 1902(a)(23); (6) Special waiver provisions applicable to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands--section 1902(j); and (7) Exceptions to, and waiver of, State plan requirements--sections 1915 (a)-(c) and 1916 (a)(3) and (b)(3). (b) Other applicable regulations include the following: (1) Section 430.25 Waivers of State plan requirements. (2) Section 440.250 Limits on comparability of services.